National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) to identify inpatient COVID-19 deterioration: The importance of pO2: FiO2 ratio

JW Brand, DJ Morrice, MV Patteril, JH Mackay - Clinical Medicine, 2021 - rcpjournals.org
Editor–I read with interest the rapid report on contact tracing for SARS-CoV-2. 1 The authors
refer to the potential for a much larger network of potentially secondarily infected contacts …

Utility of the FebriDx point-of-care assay in supporting a triage algorithm for medical admissions with possible COVID-19: an observational cohort study

H Houston, G Deas, S Naik, K Shah, S Patel… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To evaluate a triage algorithm used to identify and isolate patients with suspected
COVID-19 among medical patients needing admission to hospital using simple clinical …

[HTML][HTML] The early test catches the case. Why wait? Frequent testing of close contacts aids COVID-19 control

J Walsh, M Skally, F Duffy… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
One of the significant challenges in hospitals during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-
19) pandemic has been prevention of nosocomial transmission. As the pandemic evolved …

[HTML][HTML] Case numbers beyond contact tracing capacity are endangering the containment of COVID-19

M Linden, J Dehning, SB Mohr, J Mohring… - Deutsches Ärzteblatt …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods In Germany, as in many other countries, the emergence of the second wave has
been questioned, because only the case numbers have been rising since July, while …

Reply to Chia et al. and Makam

JT Lim, LE Wee, AT Tay, D Pang… - Clinical Infectious …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
TO THE EDITOR—We thank Chia et al. for their comments supporting the importance of
vaccination in mitigating long coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We would also like to …

Quantifying healthcare-acquired coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in hospitalized patients: A closer look

FA Manian, C Karlapalem - Infection Control & Hospital …, 2023 - cambridge.org
To the Editor—We commend Trick et al 1 for their timely article examining the important topic
of hospital-acquired coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) during the pandemic. We wish to …

Critical evaluation of the methodology used by Wilson-Davies et al.,(2020) entitled “Concerning the Optigene Direct LAMP assay, and its use in at-risk groups and …

V Fowler, A Douglas, K Godfrey, A Williams… - Journal of …, 2021 - journalofinfection.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an unprecedented demand for diagnostic tests.
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is highly contagious in the …

FebriDx host response point-of-care testing improves patient triage for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the emergency department

CT Mansbridge, AR Tanner, KR Beard… - Infection Control & …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Objectives: Patients presenting to hospital with suspected coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-
19), based on clinical symptoms, are routinely placed in a cohort together until polymerase …

Nosocomial COVID-19 on a green ward

WM Soe, A Balakrishnan, V Adhiyaman - Clinical Medicine, 2020 - rcpjournals.org
Editor–We read the recent article on nosocomial spread of COVID-19 on a stroke/neurology
ward with interest. 1 We did a similar observational study in our hospital during the peak of …

Previous cardiovascular surgery significantly increases the risk of developing critical illness in patients with COVID-19

B Zhang, S Liu, L Zhang, Y Dong… - Journal of …, 2021 - journalofinfection.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an unprecedented demand for diagnostic tests.
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is highly contagious in the …